Just as Uchiha Madara was about to dive straight in, he suddenly remembered that he possessed Wood Style ninjutsu...
He shouted, "Wood Style: Tree World Descent!" A mass of trees abruptly sprang up from that small patch of sand. Uchiha Madara took one of the logs, cut it in half with the Uchiha Gunbai, then used the Uchiha Gunbai again to shave a piece off the remaining half.
He had originally wanted to hollow out the middle, but Goten's aura was slowly weakening. Uchiha Madara could not afford to leisurely build a boat, so he could only use a wooden plank to force his way across the sea!
Carrying that plank, Uchiha Madara rushed into the ocean. He discovered that using his own innate strength rather than chakra to paddle did indeed keep his energy from draining rapidly. But naturally, his speed became much slower.
He paddled forward without regard for anything else. Even in the face of the dangerous sea, Uchiha Madara felt no fear. Yet the hardships of reality still found him.
The waves gradually began to surge, and the sky slowly darkened. Uchiha Madara sensed a wind forming, and... it was growing stronger and stronger.
"This is going to be difficult..." Uchiha Madara's heart tightened. "As the wind gradually picks up, the waves will grow larger too. If towering waves form by then, getting out of this sea will be extremely difficult!"
And that was exactly what happened. As night fell, the wind grew increasingly fierce, and the waves began to rage, growing bigger and bigger until they... slowly became violent!
One-meter waves gradually became two meters, then three... Waves only three meters high were enough to toss Uchiha Madara's little plank violently up and down. He could no longer hold onto it. He was continuously thrown